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So Now I'm a Stripper

8.15.2016

Bet that title gotcha! No, I am not removing any articles of clothing for money. ha! I am doing the opposite of painting that I normally do and am stripping the paint away. I have been on the hunt for some time for an architectural piece to go above a guest room bed. I had seen a large old window frame without the glass and in a raw wood state with sort of an arched shape, but spread out. Not sure what that shape is called, but I loved the look. Then I checked the price tag and at $1200 it was not coming home with me. So I just kept looking. Then one of those aha moments happened and I ran up to the guest room.

I grabbed this mirror off the wall to check out the back of it.

The mirrors were each clipped in so they were very easy to take out. There were three individual mirrors. Now I had just the frame for the look I was trying to get. It isn't a window frame, but it works and it's free.

Back in the day I painted this mirror which you can read about here, but this time I wanted to remove most of the paint to take the wood back to raw. I believe this is solid oak. It is quite heavy.

I used Citristrip and it was very easy to take the paint back off. I brushed it on pretty heavily and let it sit for thirty minutes while I sat out by the pond in the shade. I shared that on IG on Saturday.

Mr. Savvy helped me take the paint off and I told him not to take it completely off. I wanted just a bit left here and there to make it look like it wore off over time. He's such a good helper.

After scraping the paint off we rinsed it off with the hose and let it dry. I think it turned out perfect.

I love what you did to this piece, it looks terrific! You (or Mr. Savvy) left just enoughpaint shoowing through. Glad you were able to sit outside. It is still brutal here, but today I noticed a TINY change in the humidity. I am over this too hot weather:)

Miss Bailey

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